From his release this afternoon blasting the upcoming Kaine-Allen debate:
“The Associated Press’ primary responsibility is disseminate “accurate, balanced, and informed” news to the public, however this debate runs contrary to all of these principles. If the same criteria used to determine participants in this debate had been applied at the Presidential debates, current republican front-runner Newt Gingrich would have never stepped on stage. By excluding candidates from this debate, the Associated Press has usurped the power and rights of voters to determine the candidates. The Associated Press has limited the discussion to the talking-points of the two major parties, preventing any fresh solutions from reaching the public. Virginia voters deserve to be informed about all U.S. Senate candidates and their specific solutions to address the nation’s problems.
Supposedly the protest outside the AP debate promised by the Tea Party is still on. Occupiers have not mentioned any plans to protest Kaine, nor have any of the other Democratic candidates made mention of the debate so far.
Wouldn’t it have been fun to have the also-rans do a debate the same night, same time, even in the same city (Richmond) and put all of them up there at once? Just duke it out… and I’m sure someone would have covered it.
Ah well. Missed opportunitites…
